Improvement in paper boxes



R. A. ROGERS & H. L. R. WOLF.

PAPER-BOXES.

Patented Aug.14=,'18'77 N. PETERS, PHOTO LITHDGRAFH ER, WASHKNQTON. D '1:v

ROBERT noenns nn nENRY L. a. WOLF, 0F D YTON, oniojf IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94,178, dated August 14, 1877; application filed June 23, 1877,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ROBERT A. ROGERS and HENRY L. R. WOLF, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper Vessels and we do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our purpose is to produce a light and cheap paper or straw-board vesselwhich shall be more especially useful for holding and carrying ice-cream, berries, oysters, sirup, or the like, whenwanted in small quantities for immediate custom use.

Our improvements consist in the construction and mode of fitting and securing the top and. bottom of such a vessel, whereby we make it simple, strong, and practically impervious.

Figure 1 is a central sectional view in elevation of our improved vessel. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bottom of the same, showing the projecting serrated edges hereinafter mentioned when they are folded overflat.

The body of thevessel A we construct in the usual manner of thick paper or strawboard, bent and secured in the desired shape, preferably round, having the lower portion scalloped or serrated, so as to avoid crimping when folded in all around, as shown in Fig. 2.

We make the top 0 of a single piece of straw-board of proper size and shape to fit the mouth of the vessel, and stiff enough to retain its shape when thrust into position.

A loop, D, or other suitable means for grasping and removing this lid, may be fastened on its upper or under side. Thus made,

it is simply thrust into the mouth of the vessel, which is of proper size to receive and retain it. When thus thrust in it will somewhat distend the sides, and will act as a support to prevent their collapsing or being drawn out of shape by the weight of the contents when the vesselis carried by asuitable bail,E.

In addition to the advantage of preventing the bucket from collapsing, a cover so made and inserted practically excludes the air, which is very desirable when the contents are icecream or similar perishable substance.

As a further improvement, and to prevent the loss of the lid, it may be secured to the vessel by a diametrical strip of paper, ribbon, or the like, f, which is fastened toits under side, and has one projecting end, 9, fixed to the edge of the vessel, as shown. The opposite projecting end D may form the loop by which the lid is raised.

We form the bottom as follows: A piece of Manila or other suitable paper, F, of sufficient thickness and stiffness, is cut out in proper shape to fit into the bottom of the vessel, but of somewhat greater size, so as to afford material enough to turn up a flange, G, of a quarter or half inch all around. This piece, with its flange thus turned, is covered on its under side with paste or glue and in- 7 sorted in the vessel from the top, andis thrust down to the bottom, the flanged portion being turned upward and glued to the sides of the vesseL, This forms the first or uppermost stratum or layer composing the bottom.

Asimple piece of straw-board or similar material, K, of proper shape and size to fill the bottom and close it up, is then attached to the under side of this first layer, and the project ing notched edges B of the lower end of the vessel are then folded over, being first well covered with glue, to secure them when so so turned in. Thus is formed a smooth, uncrimped retaining-edge or support for the whole bottom.

By this arrangement we provide the vessel with a strong double bottom, secured both on the inside and outside, and which is impervious for quite a long time to liquids of greater density than water.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as follows 1. In a paper or straw-board vessel, the top 0, constructed as described, and provided on its under side with the strip f, which forms a hinge and grasping loop, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a paper or straw-board vessel, the bottom composed of the pieces F and K, se

cured. to each other and to the vessel by the flange G, and'the notched or serrated edge B, substantially as and for the purpose speci- Witness our hands this 12th day of June,

fied. V A. D. 1877.

3. The herein-described vessel of paper or ROBERT A. ROGERS.- straw-board, composed of the body A, with V HENRY L. R. WOLF. serrated bottom edge, flanged bottom piece Witnesses:

F, and supplemental piece K, and the top 0, all constructed and united inthe manner PATRICK H. GrUNCKEL, WM. RITGHIE. 

